America (Silent)

Among the distinguishing talents of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith was his gift for endowing history with a sense of drama and immediacy.In his rarely-seen 1924 film America, Griffith focused his astute cinematic eye and proficiency at melodrama on a rousing, grand scale re-creation of the war for independence.Color tinted and mastered from original negative material, this is the most complete version available of Griffith's classic.